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IMPROVEMENT INl GOUPLING I'OR WHIFFLEJIRITHS.v

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TO`ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: y

-Be it known that I, MILTON J. PALMER, of VSyraeuse,'in the county of Onondaga, and in the State of New York, have invented certain new and useful/ Improvements in Coupling for Vehicles and do hereby declare that the following is a. full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to thc'letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specication.

My invention is intended to connect the whifle-tree to the cross-piece of the vehicle-shaft, and is composed of two parts, A and B, connected by a screw, @passing through an opening made in the centro of each. rIhe casting A is so formed as to have a ilange at each end b b', having openings :u a: for connecting it to the crossahd an arm, E, at the front part, with a shoulder, z, formed upon its extremity. The collar upon the has two segments formed jupon it, e c, which are opposite each other, and with o. ts the other portion of the coupling,

piece, upper plate of this casting A smallspace or groove left between them and the plate itself. B represen which is formed ofa plate, at its under side, with two projections, e e, formed somewhat in shape to. correspond with the segments on the section A, so that when the said s'eetionis inserted into the section B, and turned half wey around, they are held in their proper positions by means of 'their segments and projections.. In Figure 4 the two sections are shown connected together. Eitherl part or section may be used for the top or bottom, and when connected to the while-tree and cross-bar, or other suitable part of the vehicle, they form n. neat and durable coupling.

Having thus-fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is`

The sections A and B, with their respect-ive ilenges 6 b', ears E E, arm F, segments c c, an

when constructed and used in the manner and for the purposes specified.

In testimony that I claim-the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand, this 31st day of March, 1867.

MILTON J. PALMER.

Witnesses:

C. M. ALEXANDER, J. M. MASON.

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